AckNowLedgMeNts A writer needs an ohana, a family and a community, in order to put out a book—and I’ve been lucky to have a very supportive ohana during the years of the Mahu series. Christine Kling, Sharon Potts, Mike Jastrzebski, Miriam Auerbach and Vicki Landis all critiqued parts of this book, and their help has been invaluable. Cindy Chow once again provided yeoman service by reading the manuscript and pointing out so many mistakes I’d made about Hawai’i, though any remaining errors are my fault, not hers. She has been a wonderful tutor into the intricacies of life in the Aloha State. Kimo has a number of favorite mystery writers I consider my friends, including Anthony Bidulka, Deborah Turrell Atkinson, Greg Herren, James W. Hall, Joe DeMarco, Joe Pittman, Les Standiford, Pat Brown, and Vicki Hendricks. James O. Born always provides me with a couple of great lines, including, in this book, “Don’t worry, it’s not my blood.” For their personal support I am grateful to my mother, to Eliot Hess and Lois Whitman, Fred Searcy, John Spero, Steve Greenberg, Eileen Matluck, Andrew Schulz, Elisa Albo, and Lourdes Rodriguez-Florido.
